Overview
- Thane tehsildar Umesh Patil has urged police to file an FIR against Yunus Iqbal Sheikh and to cancel caste certificates flagged in his inquiry.
- The report says the 2011 OBC paper lacked the SDO’s signature, missed the “State of Maharashtra” heading, used the wrong form for a migrant, and traced back to Ghaziabad.
- It adds that the same paper was used to get Sahar Sheikh an OBC certificate in 2018 from the Mumbai City Collector even though the family lives in Thane.
- The case began after losing NCP candidate Siddiqui Farha Shabab Ahmed asked officials to verify Sahar Sheikh’s caste status following January’s civic polls.
- Yunus Sheikh denies fraud and calls the row political, promising to show original papers, while Sahar surfaced on social media from an IPL match after reports she was not reachable; if officials cancel the papers, she could lose her seat and face legal action.